Low-paid teachers plan to quit work
Experts have urged the Government to raise salaries for teachers, as half of 500 teachers recently surveyed do not want to continue their career because of low pay.
The tragicomedy in Ha Tinh: teachers abundant, students deficient
Primary, secondary, vocational centers and continuation schools in the central province of Ha Tinh are seriously lacking students.
HCM City finds hard to hire Filipino teachers of English
Despite being highly appreciated, HCM City is facing many difficulties in realising its plan to hire Filipino teachers of English.
Revamping history education in Vietnam
The Ministry of Education and Training is planning to change the content of history textbooks and teaching methods.
Students encouraged to begin learning foreign languages soon
Under national program on teaching foreign languages, students would be encouraged to begin learning foreign languages soon, while under-standard teachers would be dismissed.
Huge investment fails to improve quality of education
Despite large investment, the quality of Vietnam’s education remains far from expectations, one educator has said.
Overseas study consultancy put under no control, students suffer
The number of students becoming the victims of overseas study consultancy firms’ trickeries has been increasing.
ADB to provide USD90 million for the education sector
The Asian Development Bank will provide USD90 million to help Vietnam strengthen teaching quality and courses in biology, chemistrys and social sciences.
Unemployment rate up, university graduates keep pessimistic about future
The increasingly high number of bankrupted or dissolved businesses means fewer job opportunities for new university graduates.
Parents pay for English classes
Primary and secondary schools in HCM City have asked parents of students to pay 100% of the fee for hiring foreign English teachers as well as equipment for the classes.
ASEAN discusses training for gifted students
The seventh Roundtable Meeting of ASEAN Educational Leaders and the fifth Southeast Asia School Principals Forum opened in the central coastal city of Nha Trang.
France pledges 25 million euros for education in Vietnam
The French Development Agency has signed two agreements to finance a combined EUR25 million for vocational training in Vietnam.
Gloomy future for olympiad prize winners
Winners of regional and international Olympiad prizes have not yet got state funding for overseas study.
Current policies cannot encourage bachelors return to home villages
The current policies do not offer the preferences attractive enough to encourage bachelors to return to home villages after the graduation.
MOET to lower floor marks to rescue private schools
The MOET has released a new decision offering school admission preferences to the students from the three difficult areas.
Vietnam asserts position on world intellectual map
The Ministry of Education and Training held a ceremony in Hanoi to honour students who won prizes at regional and international Olympiads in 2012.
Circus school bemoans student shortage
Out of 2,500 student applications, the Vietnam Circus and Variety Arts College only selected 33 for their 2012-2016 intake. However half of the new students have decided to quit.
Vietnam tightens control over joint training programmes
A recent inspection has fined several education institutions while some others have had to stop operations for unlicensed joint training.
Non-state owned schools reach a deadlock
A lot of private universities are still awaiting more students, though October is nearly ending, and state owned schools all have started a new academic year.
Government to spend $20 mil for gifted school quality in rural areas
The Prime Minister has agreed to utilise $20 million to improve quality of teaching in schools for gifted students in disadvantaged regions of the country.
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